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PICTORIAL ABINGDON 



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SOUVENIR HISTORY 

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ABINGDON, ILLINOIS 

C< >NTAIN1NG 

A HISTORY or Tl II : CITY, CMURCI ILS, SCI l< )( )LS. COLLEGES 
EACH )RIES, BUSINESS MOUSES AND 
RESIDENCES 
TOGETHER WITH A MEMOIR Or DR. MADISON REECE, , N \. D. 

COMPILED AND ARRANGED BY 

P. WILBUR SHOOP. 



1897 

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EVERYONE who has ever lived in AbingdonsC 
cherishes the memory of our beautiful city.s^s^ 
I True it is that Abingdon is not the largest city 
'""■' in the world, but to many it is the dearest place 
on earth.sSf There are more nice residences than aresC 
shown here; there are just as attractive business houses 
in the city as appear in these pages.s^While this work 
makes no pretentions to being complete, it is the wish 
of the author that its pages may recall the old days and 
take the reader through Abingdon, as went the poets^ 
Whittier 




"Up and down the village streets 
Strange are the forms my fancy meets 
For the thoughts and things of today are hid 
And through the veil of a closed lid 
The ancient worthies I see again." 



P. Wilbur Shoop. 



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PICTORIAL ABINGDON 

AN ILLUSTRATED SOUVENIR HISTORY OF ABINGDON, ILLINOIS. 




HE changes that a few years 

may make are marvelous, and 
we are wont to exclaim with 
the philosopher, " Tempus 
fugit." Aye, that it does. 
Where once was only virgin 
meadow and pathless forest 
now stands the busy factory 
and palatial residence. On 
the spot where Abingdon now 
stands, seventy years ago the wild fox dug his 
hole unscared, the birds nested peacefully, ami the 
only sounds that greeted their ears was the echo of 
their own voices. The swaying :^rass never felt 
the reaper's blade. The deer gamboled about 
unharmed. The tall oaks — those ,uiiin sentinels oi 
the ages — looked down from their lofty tops upon 
naught but a scene of delightful simplicity. Noth- 
ing but pureunmarred Nature. In the ha/el thick- 
ets the birds sang ami sported, chased only by the 
swarthy Indian with his bow and arrow. Then 
things changed somewhat. From over the East- 
ern horizon a long white line of covered wagons ap- 
peared. The hardy settler, seeing this to be a re- 
gion of unsurpassed fertility, unhitched his oxen 



and with his ready axe constructed for himself a 
cabin of logs. With his queer-shaped wooden 
plow he rudely broke the soil and soon where only 
grew the waving grass, tall fields of yellow corn 




THE FIRST IK IUSE 



uplift their heads. Winter came and the settler 
still stayed despite the chill of his illy -constructed 
cabin. Many a night he laid down to sleep with 
the wolves howling fiercely at his door. The native 



Indian was friendly and showed him the haunts of 
the 1 icaver and deer, taught him how to trap the 
wily fox, and learned him all the mysterious art 
oi woodcraft. Winter finally yielded to the gentle 
persuasion of the South winds, and at the magic 
breath of Spring, the creek- untaxed their icy firm 
ness, the green again ap- 
peared on the hill side 
and so, in the meadow was 
all one glorious flower 
garden, gorgeous in its 
red and white. Other 
white wagons — prairie 
schooners, they call ed 
them — came to this para- 
dise and Stopped. Soon 
a settlement was estah 
lished. The Red man 
was pushed farther West 
and was finally lost to 
sight behind the Western 
hills. The land was all 
rapidly cleared and from 

the virgin meadow and 

trackless ton st, a farming 
tract was made that is not 
surpassed in all the world. 
The settler was not a 
barbarian, and so a school 
wa-. established and a log 
house built. It was con- 
structed ot roughly hewn 



logs, with the "chinks" or cracks in the wa'.l 
filled with mud. The house was without a floor 
and greased paper did duty for windows, but here 
in tliis lowly house, was laid the foundation of 
many a noble character. They had no time tor 
higher education and the three "R's." — readin,' 




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MAIN STREET IN KARI.Y ABINGD' in 




A BIRD'S EYE VIEW i IF ABINGDON IN Is 

'ritin,' and 'rithmitie — was all that were taught. 
A Mr. Mcintosh taught the first school. 

A more beautiful place for a town than Abing- 
don's location could not be imagined. A traveler, 
and by the way, a man then noted in literary riehls. 
expressed himself as being "sensible from its 
elevation and its situation in open Prairie on every 



side, that the atmosphere 
must be very healthy and 
invigorating. The sky 
presented that same de- 
licious blue for which 
the sky of Italy is so re- 
nowned, and as the sun 
was sinking behind the 
great swell of the western 
prairie, I thought this 
one of the most desirable 
points for a residence in 
the great valley of the 
Mississippi. 

Looking out from Hed- 
ding steeple, a particu- 
larly advantageous place 
to get a view, one sees in 
every direction the whole 
country thickly dotted 
over with fine farm resi- 
dences , fertile fields, 
woody vales, and high 
and densely timbered 
groves. In short, Ab- 
ingdon is an ideal town in an ideal country. 
('The original town of Abingdon was laid out by 
A. D. Swarts, in May 1836, on the S. W. quarter 
of section 33, Cedar Township, and the original 
town of South Abingdon was laid out by Freder- 
ick Snyder, April id, 1849, on the X. W. quarter 
of section 4, Indian Point Township, immediately 




south of the former. The two towns, with their 
various additions, were incorporated as a citv 
April 21, 1S5 7. 

Abingdon was named by A. D. Swarts, after 
his old hometown of Abingdon, Maryland MCThe 
first house to be built in the town proper was 











MAIN STREET AS IT IS AT PRI - 



erected on Main Street by A. M. Curry and was 
built of lo S s. He and John Greene built a log 
store near the dwelling. The first license to sell 
goods was issued to Greene .V Bowman, December 
4. L857. A public sale ot hits was held in 1837 
some then selling for $100, thai are now worth 

over $3,000. Alonzo 
Reece was the first 
male child born. The 
first death was that of 
a Mr. Duffield. the 
father-in-law of John 
C. Evans. He died in 
1838. 

(The house in which fv 
Paul Birdsall now re- 
sides was the original 
post-office^which was 
called Harvard, but. as 
that name conflicted 
w i t h another post 
office in the state, it 
was changed t<> Abing 
don. 

Abingdon has ever 
enjoyed a he a 1 i hy 
growth from its incep- 
tion to the present 
tune. It has n,,t 

sprung up, mushroom 
like, in a single night, 
to be soon destroyed. 



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Methodist Episcopal Church. 



In 1832 a local Methodist preacher named 
Palmer began visiting the scattering log cabins in 
which the few families of Knox County had set- 
tled about the close of the Black Hawk War. A 
superanuated Methodist minister, Robert Randal!, 
doing missionary work in the county, organized in 
1833, a society of seven members. The same year 
this society was admitted into the Henderson 
County mission. At this time the log cabin of A. 
I). Swarts was the regular meeting-house. The 
first quarterly meeting was held in the log cabin 
belonging to Jacob and Bethsheba West, in 1834, 
with Peter Cartwright as presiding elder. In 1838, 
a little frame school house was built on the first 
lot south of the City Park on Main Street, in which 
this congregation worshiped tor ten years; and 
about 1S4 7 or 1848 a comfortable little church was 
erected two blocks south of the present site. The 
congregation having outgrown this building, wor- 
shiped for seven years in Hedding Chapel, until 
th' present edifice was erected in 1868, during the 
pastorate ot lb H. (bay. The present parsonage 
was built in 1891, while R. Crewes was pastor. 
The Central Illinois Conference held its session in 
Hedding Chapel in 1857, at which time Abingdon 
charge was changed from a circuit to a station x~ 

The membership has increased from 7 in 1833 to 
507 in 1897. The Epworth League which was 
organized in 1890, flourishes with a present mem- 
bership of 130. Prof. Geo. Bloomer is president. 
A Junior League has also been organized. The 



Sunday School numbers 350 in the regular de- 
partment and 60 in the home department. A new 
church to cost $15,000 will in all probability be 
erected next spring and a $2,000 pipe organ will 
be installed. R. E. Buckey is the present pastor. 

Rev. 



R. E. Buckey, A. M. f D. D. 




R. H. Buckev was born 
in West Virginia in 1855. 
His father was a farmer 
and a prominent layman 
in the Methodist Episco 
pal Church. His mother 
was a devout 
woman of amia- 
ble di s pos i tion 

j^L fl^ht. ani ' great 

^d <P\ strength of char- 

^L ^k aeter. Their 

BkjH home the 

stopping place 
of the Methodist 
pioneer. When 
ten years old, and 
before his moth- 
er's death, he was 
converted and joined the M. E. Church. His 
youth was spent on the farm and attending 
tin- country school. In 1872 he entered Mt. 
L T nion College and graduated five years iater, 
receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts. 

Although given license much earlier, hemade 

no attempt to preach until through college. 
After teaching one year he entered Boston 
University School of Theology and graduated 
in 1881, receiving the decree of Bachelor of 
Divinity. Mr. Buckev married .Miss Julia 
T. Packard, of Brockton, Mass., in 1880. He 



joined the Central Illinois Conference in 1881, and 
has since traveled one year in the Rockv Mountains 
and California. About twelve years of his ministerial 
life have been spent in Farmington, Bushnell, Mon- 
mouth and Abingdon. For a second term of three 
vears Mr. Buckey has been elected 1>\ his confer- 
ence as a trustee of Hedding College, whose board of 
trustees at its annual meeting in 1896 conferred upon 
him the degree of Doctor of Divinity. 

Dr. Buckey is a man of exceptionally great reason 
ing power and his earnest and graphic presentations 
of the divine word has won for him many encomiums. 
His ripe scholarship makes his appointment to Ab- 
ingdon, a college town, particularly fitting 




COXGRF.GATIO 



Congregational Church. 

Over sixty j-ears ago, there was located about 
two miles north-west of Abingdon, a school known 
as Cherry Grove Seminary. This was controlled 
by the Cumberland 
Presbyterian denomina- 
tion, which also erected 
a church building on the 
same ground. The con- 
gregation and the school 
flourished until along in 
the middle of the '60's, 
when the school was 
moved to Lincoln. 111. 
The church people then 
decided to build only a 
church and to locate it 
in Abingdon. This was 
completed and dedicated 
on the 26th dav of Feb- 
ruary, 1867. Rev. J. 
R. Brown was then its 
pastor. 

In the meantime, in 
the early '50's theWes- 
leyan Methodists began 
a church building on 
the lot now owned by 
G. M. Bowdeu. on 
North Main Street. Failing to get the 
funds for its completion, it was sold to 



ized a congregation in Abingdon. On account of 
the breaking out of the civil war and other ob- 
stacles, the Congregational organization failed in 
its work and sold the little building in 1866 to F. 




necessary 
the Con- 



gregational denomination, which had just organ 



INTERIOR CONGREGATIONAL CIIl'RCII 

P. Foltz, who moved it to his present drug store 
site, built an addition to it, raised it to a second 
story height and built a brick first story under it. 




The upper or church part was afterwards known 
as Foltz's opera house. This part of the building 
was burned in September 1891. The Congrega- 
tional people placed tin. proceeds of the sale of the 
building and lo1 in a building fund and then dis- 
banded. The majority <>t the members then united 
with the Cumbei land Presbyterian Church. Dur- 
ing this time, the Congregational members having 
outgrown the Presbyterians, the latter disbanded 
or consolidate d and from thence on the church was 
trolled by the Congregationalists. This was in 
the fall ol 1881. In the summer of 1897, the 
church was entirely remodeled and a new pipe 
organ purchased and installed in the reconstructed 
edifice. They now have a church, that, although 
small, is a model in every way. To Rev. Frank 
G. Smith, the present pastor, belongs the credit, 
in a great measure, of the prosperous condition 
the church enjoys at present. 

Rev. Frank G. Smith. 

Rev. Frank G. Smith, the popular and efficient pas- 
tor oi the First Congregational Church, of Abingdon, 
was born at Gilson, Knox County, [l'inois, December 
25, 1864. He was educated in the public schools and 
at the Northwestern Normal, located at Geneseo, 
Illinois. He gradu ited at the latter school with the 
highest honors oi Ins class, May, 1885. He was mar- 
ried August 19, 1886, to Miss Alma Palmer, of Prairie 
Centre, Illinois, in whom he lias found a genuine 
help-mate in his life-work. One child. Leila Hay, a 
beautiful little girl of three years graces their home. 
■ several years after his graduation, Mr. Smith 
engaged in teaching, serving for four years as prin- 
cipal of the Ann awan High School and" for one year 



as principal of the Xeponset High School. But his 
inclination turned to the law, to the study of which 
he applied himself so successfully while engaged as 
teacher, that he passed his examination and was ad- 
mitted to the bar. He located at Kansas City. Mis 
souri, and engaged for a year and a half m the 
practice of his chosen profession. During this period 
he became an expert stenographer and typewriter 
He abandoned the profession of the law and enten d 
the ministry. His first charge in the ministry was as 
pastor of the Congregational Church at Xeponset. 
Illinois. To this charge lit- was called January 1. 
1892, and remained there for three years. His labors 
were wonderfully blest in building up the church to 
which he had 'been called. On January 1, 1895, he 
was called to the Congregational Church at Abing- 
don His success among us had been greater even 
than it was in his previous field of labor. During his 
first year of labor here, a splendid and genuine re- 
vival almost doubled the membership of the church. 
To his tireless energy more than any other agency. 
Abingdon is indebted for the rebuilding of the Con- 
gregational house of worship. He was one of the 
original projectors of the Abingdon Public Library, 
which is now an established fact As an opponent to 
the saloon and license system, Mr. Smith's voice is 
often heard in other towns than Abingdon ami he 
invariably wins friends to the cause he advocates. 
\s a preacher Mr. Smith is a plain, forcible de- 
clarer of gospel truths. His eloquence is the genuine 
product of an earnest soul speaking that which it 
feels to be true. < >f a genial, attractive personality. 
his popularity is not confined to his congregation. 

Christian Church. 

The Christian Church of Abingdon was organ 
ized in 1840 by Hiram Smith and Richard John- 
ston. The first church building was erected in 



1849, and cost SI, 000. That building growing 
inadequate, they used the old Abingdon College 
Chapel as a church. Later they built the elegant 
structure that now constitutes their church home. 
Their membership is large and is constantly in - 




THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH 



creasing. The Christian Endeavor lias a large 
membership and is very popular with the young 
people of the church and city. 

Rev. C. G. Kindred is the pastor. He came to 
this field of labor in the Spring oi 1897 from 
Lewistown, Illinois, where he was the efficient 
pastor of the Christian Church. Mr. Kindred is a 
ver yforcible speaker, and is very popular. 




XORTH ABINGDON HI Oil Mil 



The Abingdon Schools. 

One of the wisest moves thai Abingdon has ever 

made was in constructing the brick building which 

serves as the North Abingdon High School. It is 

quite a large building and is well arranged. It 

was built in L 868, at a cost of $20, Seven 

r :iv :m now in the school and the present build - 

ing is imu too small. The 
attendance in both schools 
exceeds 600 and Abing 
don's need is a new High 
School building. For a 
n u m be r of years the 
South School was con 
ducted in a one-story 
frame building, on the 
siir i >t tin- present struct 
in. Their present build - 
ing is an elegant one, 
constructed oi brick, bin 
like its sist< t school is 
rapid! y growing too 
small to accommodate our 
i n c re a sing population. 
Prof. George Bloomer is 
principal of the North 
School ami Prof. John 
Williamson of the South. 
The advantages offered to 
the youth of our city are 
of the very best. 



Fire Department. 

Abingdon has, since 1878, had an efficient fire 
department. The force is entirely a volunteer one, 
and consists of four companies equipped with a 





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S r \TI{ CHAMPION TEAM OF 1878. 

chemical engine, hand pump, hose cart, and hook 
and ladder truck. The old running team of the 
fire department was a world champion one, w li- 



ning the state championship three successive times. 
Their record of a 300 -yard run and place man to 
the top of a 30-foot ladder is 43- ; 4 seconds and 
has never been beaten. The efficiency of the fire 
department will likely be in- 
creased very soon by the addi- 
tion of water -works, as no city 
of Abingdon's size can long do 
without them. F. L. Torrance 
is the present Chief of the Fire 
Department. 

Abingdon College. 

^# In 1853 P. H. Murphy 

opened an academy in a plain 
wooden building in Abingdon, 
and conducted it successfully 
until 1855. By extensive canvas - 
ing, lecturing and preaching 
the people had become infused 
with much of his own threat zeal 
and enterprise to such an ex- 
tent that they built a three -story 
brick building, equipped as well 
:i^ deemed necessary at that 
time, and college work was in- 
augurated in 1855. Mr. Murphy 
was elected as its first president. His health was 
not of the best and consumption claimed him as a 
victim, and made it necessary for him to resign at 



the close of the school year of I860. In February 
1855. a charter was obtained for the college. On 
January, 1861, J. YV. Butler was elected to fill the 
vacancy as president. Mr. 
Butler was a young man. 
and the college was greatly 
in debt, ami it was deemed 
best to get an older man 
for the position. Accord- 
ingly, on August _', 1861, 
Silas E. Shepard was 
tketed to fill his place, but 
Mr. Shepard d eel i n e d, 

when Mr. Butler was re A 

elected, serving until June. 
1874. During the period 
nl his administration, a 
commodious addition cap- 
able of accommodating 
500 students was built. 
President Borden was the 
next man to till the official 
'•hair and on July 24, 1877, 
F. M. Hruner was elected. 
Internal discords caused 
the college's downfall and -- ■ - '■'-■* - 
the building lay unoccu- 
pied for quite a number of 

years. Then Mr. Jesse Summers started a Normal 
School in it, but it lived but a short time, 
whereupon Hedding College purchased the 
building in 1894, and called it Normal and Music 



Hall, conducting those departments in its com 
modious rooms. The building is a a model one 
for educational work, its commodious rooms mak 



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SOUTH ABINGDON HIGH S< 

it a first class building for the work, it being one 
of the best of its kind in our state. The co 

the building was aboul $60,000, and we are 
to have so valuable a building occupied. 



Hedding College. 

In 1836, Abraham Swarts laid out the original 
town of Abingdon, and selected the beautiful rise 
of ground where Hedding College now stands for 




NORMAL AND MUSIC 11 AT. I. 



a college site. He did not live to realize his 
college dream, but Hedding Collegiate Seminary 
was opened November 19,1855 The first two 
years the school was conducted in the M. H. 

Church. During 
the Spring and 
Summer of 1857., 
the first building 
was erected at a 
cost of S12. ooo. 
In 1857 a charter 
was secured and 
the name changed 
to "Hedding Sem- 
inary and Central 
Illinois Female 
College." The in- 
stitution was a col- 
lege for ladies, but 
only a seminary 
for gentlemen, 
growing out of the 
false, and now an- 
tiquated notion 
that ladies are less 
intellectual than 
gentlemen. On the 
16th of December, 
the school opened 
in the new build- 
ing with Rev. N. 
C. Lewis, A. M.. 



as principal and Charles C. Griffith. A. 1!., and 
Nancy Simonds as teachers. J. T. Dickinson. 
A. M., succeeded Prof. Lewis and remained in 
charge oi the institution for nine years. His ad- 
ministration included the four years of the Civil 
War. so trying to in- 
stitutions of learning. 
There were l i m e s 
when nearly all the 
male students of suit- 
able age had enlisted 
in the army, and as 
tht- Seminary had no 
endowment it seemed 
almost impossible to 
meet the necessary 
expenses. Generous 
friends, however, 
came to the rescue, 
and the close of the 
war brought return- 
ing prosperity to the 
institution. A ft e r 
nine years of faithful 
service Prof. Dickin- 
inson resigned. IP- 
was a good scholar, 
excelling in mathematics, was an excellent teacher, 
a pure man. a warm-hearted friend and an exem- 
plary Christian gentlemen. At the close of his 
administration Mi^s Nannie D. Stewart and Miss 
Josie Davis went out as the first graduates of Cen- 




HEDDING CHAPEL 



tral Illinois Female College. During the admini- 
stration of five years, sixteen ladies and sixteen 
gentlemen graduated, but the gentlemen received 
no degrees. In the fall of 1869, Rev. C. Springer 
was appointed financial agent and soon alter ar- 
ranged for a public 
meeting in the inter- 
est i A a proposed new 
building. Rev. J. C. 
Evans being called to 
take charge oi this 
meeting, gave three 
a d d r es ses upi in 
"Christian P dui 
tion" and with the 
as? istance of Rev. C. 
Springer, Prof. M. C. 
Springer and others, 
succeeded in securing 
pled g e s amount to 

$12, P. M. Shoop 

1 e d the list with 
$1,200. The begin - 
i n i; w a s a u spic - 
ion-., an excavation 
was made and the 
foundation walls com - 
pleted. Hut unexpected difficulties were en- 
countered, discouragements thickened, hope gave 
way, the most sanguine friends of the enterprise 
doubted and faltered, subscribers withheld pay- 
ments because the}' doubted the ability of the 



trustees to go forward and the work ceased. Rev. 
A. J. Janes was associated with Rev. C. Springer 
in the agency, and these two grand men toiled 
faithfully for two years to restore confidence and 
revive the enterprise. They received sufficient 
encoura gement to 
keep hope alive, but 
not enough money to 
resume work. In 
1872, Rev. J. G. 
Evans was selected 
to take charge of the 
institution. A very 
serious difficulty in 
the way of resuming 
the building enter- 
prise was found to 
exist in the dis- 
couragement arising 
from the want of con- 
fidence. These were 
large, unpaid sub- 
scriptions, but the 
subscribers refused 
to pay until t h e \ 
could see the work 
going forward. The 
work could not be pushed without means, and the 
trustees declined to assume any personal responsi- 
bilities. The president, financial agent and P. M. 
Shoop determined to untie the knot and each one 
advanced $500 in order to resume work. Mr. 




MUSEUM. 



Shoop was appointed superintendent, and with the 
$1,500 in the treasury, new plans were adopted, 
involving less expense; materials were purchased, 
mechanics hired and the walls began to go up. In 
1874 the new building was occupied, and com- 
pleted in 1876, at a 
est of $35,000. In 
1875, the institution 
was organized under 
the general law of the 
state, as Hedding 
College, with full col- 
lege powers. In June 
1878, the first admin- 
istration of President 
Evans closed at the 
end of six years of 
hard and successful 
work. College courses 
had been substituted 
for the seminary 
course; the main 
building had been 
erected, and sub- 
scriptions amounted 
to several thousand 
dollars more than the 
indebtedness for current expenses, though $3,000 
of such indebtedness incurred during previous 
administrations had been paid off. On the retire- 
ment of President Evans, Rev. George W. Peck, 
Ph. B., was elected to the presidency and served 




MAIN COLLEGE BUILDING 

tour years. Rev. J. S. dimming was the- next 
president. In 1886 Rev. J. R. Jacques ac- 
cepted the control of the collegi His ill health 
compelled him to resign and Dr. J. G. Evans took 
his place. The attendance is much larger than be- 
fore. The Abingdon College property has been 



purchased and over halt the purchase price 
provided for. From the start Heddlng 
College has done excellent work. Students 
have been and are held to legitimate col- 
lege work, while gymnasium exercises and 
field sports that do not interfere with col- 
lege work are encouraged. The largest 
liberty is given to all. The present corps 
of teaclurs are faithful, fully competent and 
an: very popular with all. both students 
and citizens. 

The college building, proper, is very 

well equipped for college work. It is 

heated with steam, has electric lights in 

every room and is first-class in everj 

: iect. 

Hedding has experienced many dark 
'has during her career, but her friends 
have always rallied to her support. The 
liberal people "I our city have always 
been generous in their patronage ami do 
natii >ns. 

Ovei $54, in endowment notes is se 

cured, and over $25,000 is known to be in 
executed wills, but this is. of course, lia 
ble to change. 
To Dr. Evans, perhaps, mure than any other 
living man isduethe credit of Hedding's prosper- 
ity at present. However, it has always enjoyed 
the best of management and never has its dark 
days been occasioned by mismanagement on the 
part of its president or professors. 



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Rev. J. G. Evans, D. D., LL. D. 

J. G. Evans was born in Marshall Count}-, Illinois. 
December 19, 1833. His father was a farmer, for whom 
Evans Township in Marshall County was named. The 
sons and daughters were all reared in toil. Joshua 
Evans allowed no idlers about his home. At the age 
of 16, J. G. 
was given 
his time and 
allowed to do 
for himself, 
that he could 
secure a 
greatly cov- 
eted educa- 
tion. Mis 
father could 
have helped 
him, but he 
did not think 
it best to do 
so, any far- 
ther than to 
give him his 
time, believ- 
ing that it 
would be bet- 
ter for the 
boy to woric 
his own way. 
which he did, 
first by farm- 
ing and afterward by teaching to get money to pay 
expenses while going to school, lie attended three 
schools, viz.: Peoria Wesleyan Seminary, Judson 
College and Ohio Wesleyan University. Influenced 
by what he has always regarded as bad advice, he 
left college before graduating to enter the ministry, 
going to the Rock River Conrerence in 1S54. Still 




pursuing his studies, Quincy College conferred upon 
him the A. M., and at a still later date the Doctor of 
Divinity. He received the degree of LL. D. from the 
Chicago College of Science. He served his Confer- 
ence, the Central Illinois, as secretaiy for six years, 
lie was honored with the chairmanship of the com- 
mittee on Temperance and Prohibition at the General 
Conference in ( tmaha. He has also been president 
of the Central Illinois Conference Temperance Society 
from its organization. Dr. Evans was president of 
Hedding College from 1872 to 1S7.S, and was again 
elected in 1S89 to that responsible and trying position 
which he still holds. 



Mrs. Ne:tie G. Evans. 

Nettie Gardner was born in Delaware County, Ohio, 
October 28, 1839. She was reared on a farm ami 
trained in the work of a farm home. 
She attended the Worthington Fe- 
male Seminary and the Ladies' 
College at Delaware Ohio. On June 
14, 1857, she was united in mar- 
riage with Rev. J. G. E ans, and 
has cheerfully shared with him the 
vicissitudes and trials of itinerant 
life. For twelve years she has per- 
formed successfully the delicate 
duties of preceptress of Hedding 
College. Her health has never 
been good, and for twenty years 
she has been an almost constant 
sufferer. Owing to ill health, she is now relieved 
from duty in the college, but hopes before long t<> 
resume her work. Her administration as preceptress 
has been marked with prudence and wisdom, and 
her influence among the young ladies has been uni- 
formly good. Mrs. Evans is an ardent temperance 
worker and her influence in that direction is great. 




T. Allen Beall. 

T. A. Beall was born in Stark County, Illinois. 
After some years teaching, he entered Hedding Col- 
lege, from which he 
g ra du at ed, with 
lii st honors, in the 
classical course in 
1887. lie was given 
the Masters' degree 
in cursu three years 
later and has since 
received the degree 
of I), i). He occu- 
pied the chair of 
1' h i 1 n sop h v and 
Political Science in 
his Alma Mater for 
two 5 ears. 

In 1889, he m ii 
ried Prof. Lillian 
A. Honeywell, who 
had held the chair 
of Mathematics in 
the same institution 
for a period of three 
years. The same 
year he entered the 
pastorate of the M. 
E. Church. Aftei 
eight years success 
ful work in the ministry, and alter repeated solicita 
tioiis to return to Hedding College, he accepted the 
Vice-Presidency, and also the chair of Creek, last 
June. 

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Lillian Honeywell Beall. 

Mrs. Lillian Honeywell lie-all was horn in Iriquois 
County, Illinois. She received a good education in 





the schools of her native county, but realizing that 
she deserved a more extended course, and hearing of 

the fameof Hedding 
Coll e ge, she en- 
tered that institu- 
te in as a student in 
L881. She graduated 
in 1884, he a r i n g 
away with her the 
highest honors of 
her elass. While in 
school, she won 
lii st prize in oratoi \ 

For three years fol 
lowing graduation, 
she held the profes 
sorship of Mathe 
matics in her Alma 
Mater, and her name 
went unchallenged 
through the leading 
educational papers 
of the land as the 
you n g e s t college 
professor in the 
United States. Her fame as a teacher extended 
over more than Hedding College's territory. She 
was in receipt of offers of professorships in other 
prominent institutions. All of these were refused. 
In 1889 she resigned her position, although assured 
by the leading trustees of the institution that her 
salarv would be advanced and guaranteed. She was 
united in marriage in 1889 to Rev. T. A. Beall. Last 
June she was elected to till her old chair of Mathe- 
matics in Hedding. In addition to her duties in the 
class room, she is acting Preceptress of the colli 
during the illness of Mrs. Evans. She is very highly 
thought of as a lady and as a t( ai her in Mathematics 
she commands the highest respect of all with whom 
she is acquainted. 






Herbert R. Esterbrook. 

The subject of this sketch became a member of the 
Hedding College faculty in the fall of the present 
year, having charge 
of the work in the 
Natural Sciences. Mr. 
Esterbrook is an alum- 
nus of the Nebraska 
Wesleyan University, 
being elected to the 
chair of English in 
that institution upon 
graduation. Later this 
position was resigned 
to assume the vice- 
presidency of < trleans 
College, taking the 
advanced work in both 
Science and Mathe- 
matics. For lourvears 
Mr. Esterbrook re- 
mained with Orleans 
College, resigning to 
accept the position 
he now occupies. As 
a teacher, Prof. Ester- 
brook is a success in 

every sense of the word. He is held in the highest 
estimation by all, both the students and the citizens 
of the town with whom he has become associated dur- 
his short stay in our city. 



Eudora Marshall Esterbrook. 

Mrs. Esterbrook was placed in charge of the Con- 
servatory of Music of Hedding College in the fall of 
the present year. Her teaching is in both the depart- 
ments of voice and piano. After some time spent in 



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the Chicago Musical College, Mrs, Esterbrook became 
a student of DePaw University School of Music from 
which institution she graduated, with the honors of 
her class. Later she enrolled in the Gottschalk Lyric 
vSchool, un- 
der the per- 
sonal in- 
struction of 
August Hyl- 
lested, the 
great Danish 
pianist. To 
this later 
artist, Mrs. 
Ester brook 
attributes 
her magnifi- 
cent t e ch- 
nique, and 
much of her 
exceptio n al 
execution. 
After some 
years teach - 
i n g, M r s. 
Esterbrook 
was elected 
Director of 
Music in Or- 
leans Col- 
lege, where, during a four years residence, she 'milt 
up one of the strongest conservatories in that section 
of the country. Mrs. Esterbrook has filled a number 
of engagements as solo pianist, notably for one season 
with the DePauw University Concert Company, and 
during the past three seasons with Chautauqua 
Assemblies. Her teaching is par excellence and she 
is showing her superior training and marked ability 
as Director of the Hedding College Conservatory of 
Music. 




Cliff Guild, M. S., M. Acc'ts. 



Cliff Guild was born in Watse 




;a, Illinois, Novembei 
21, 1868. Cliff had 
the usual experience 
of tlic country boy 
from the time he 
was six years old, 
until lie arriyi d at 
the age <>i sixteen. 
1 [e went to district 
school from two to 
seven months in the 
year, walking to 
and from the little 



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^^fl |£t _^^^^^k 1 1 ■ .in home 

^fl ■% of the time in work 

^.•S-.. Ia ing on the farm. In 

■ , i j M the fall of 1886, he 

V mg entered the Junior 

class "i the Wat seka 
I [igh School, where 
he remained until 
the elose of that 
school year. The 
next year he attended Grand Prairie Seminar 
Onarga, Illinois. It was at this time and place that 
he united with the M. E. Chinch. The next fall and 
winter, Mr. Guild taught a country school a few miles 
from home. He reentered the Seminary the following 
Spring and completed the commercial course, receiv- 
ing his M. Accts. degree in June. 1889. ThatSummei 
he was invited by Dr. Evans to take charge of the 
Commercial departmant oi Hedding, which position 
he accepted. While teaching he kept up his work as 
a student and in June, '92, graduated with the di 
"I 11. S., and three years later received the M. S. 
degree. 



Mr. Guild is now in his ninth year as a member of 
the faculty of Hedding. He spent two years in the 
Commercial department, two as associate in Mathe- 
matics, four in charge of the department of Mathemat- 
ics, and tin- year has the departments of Social. 
Political and Business Sciem i 

A. W. Ryan, Ph. B., A.M. 



R\ an « a- bi .1 n at Princet m. hid, . 
With no oppurtunity for educa 



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Andrew Winfield 
Movembet 19, L854. 
tion excepl the 
country schools, 

he educated him 

s.li sufficiently 

to receive a teach 
c r 's certilic.it. 
a n d h e b e ga n 
teaching at I h e 
age of seventeen 
In 1X77 he went 
to K a n s a s a n d 
traveled for one 
year as a junior 
pre achei on a 
cir .nit t h e i . 
Ill health caused 

Ills 1 .tin n to 1 111 

nois. IU occu- 

p led I leiinepin 
station one year. 
Since that time 
he has devoted 
himself to teach- 
ing, serving as 
principal of the school ria, Maquon and South 

Abingdon. In 1895 he became prof. History 

and German in Hedding College. The position was 
enlarged to Historj and Vlodern languages the next 




year. In 1897 another shifting of positions in the fac- 
ulty being necessary, he changed to his present posi- 
tion. His acquaintance with modern languages in- 
cludes German, French, Spanish and Italian. In 1892 
he took an examination from Illinois Wesleyan Univ- 
ersity obtaining the degree of Ph. B., and in 1896 the 
degree of M. A. for a course in History and Political 
Science. He now has in preparation for a large edu- 
cational publishing house a method of instruction in 
the Italian. He is well known as a preacher and lec- 
turer and as a frequent contributor to educational 
journals. 

Miss Justine Stearns. 

Justine Stearns was 
born in Xew York City, 
and was educated at 
Jamestown, N. V. She 
graduated theie, receiv- 
ing the diplomas of the 
Xew York State Board of 
regents in the normal and 
literary courses. She then 
taught five years in the 
Jamestown schools. She 
continued her education 
for four years in Sumner 
College, at Chautauqua. 
In 1895 she took charge of 
one of the kindergarten 
which forms a part of that 
college. She worked in 
the kindergartens in tin- 
poor districts while at- 
tending school in Chicago 

Before coming to Abing- 
don, Miss Stearns had charge of two kindergartens in 
the Public Schools of Escanaba, Mich. She is very 
successful in her work. 




Miss Emma A. Hooten. 

Emma Abigail 
Hooten was born 
in Tennessee, 111. 
S he be g a n the 
study of Music at 
Jacksonville, 1 1 1. 
She studied sev- 
eral years in the 
con s erva t or v at 
Quincy, 111. After 
completing a 
course of vocal and 
instrumental 
music there, slu- 
devoted her time 
to teaching. 

She studied one 
year under Fred- 
eric Horace Clarke 
and the following 
engaged as teacher in Hedding Conservatory. Miss 
Hooten has shown natural ability and has met with 
great favor. 



John C. Craine. 

Rev. John C. Craine. who has 
been honored with the editorshis 
ni "Blue and Gold", Wedding's 
representative paper, was born on 
the Isle of Man, coming to Amer- 
ica in 1892. He is a Methodist 
minister, a conscientious student 
and under his capable editorship 
"Blue and Gold" cannot be other- 
wise than a success. He has the 
confidence of all. 






i.i.< ii;i MANUFACTURH 




•M— GLOBE MANUFACTURING CO 




FINISHING ROOM AND SUSPENDER DEPARTMENT— GLOBE MANUFACTURING CO 




OPERATING ROOM GLOBE MANUFACTURING CO 



The Globe Manufacturing Company. 

The Globe Manufacturing Company, a co-partner- 
ship composed of James W. Cox and Samuel T. 
Mnsser, was first started August 1. 1889, in what was 
known as the Blair building on the corner of Main 
and Martin streets in a room 24x40. This concern 
started with ten sewing machines In this room was 
their cutting table and their manufactured stock. 
besides the inspecting department. In a small ad- 
joining room, 20x24 was their engine and piece goods. 
From this small beginning has grown the largest in- 
dustry of onr city and in point of size ranks among 
the largest of the kind in the state. By the first of 
the following January the business had outgrown the 
room and it was found necessary to enlarge and so 
the upstairs was fitted up for an operating room. Six 
more sewing machines were also added and the room 
below was used as a cutting room and stock room. 
Elated by their past success, they started out with 
renewed energy and by April 1, found it necessary to 
still farther enlarge. They purchased a vacant lot 
known as the old mill site on North Main Street and 
erected a two stor3 building 40x100. Moving into this 
building July 4. 1890, they added sixteen more ma- 
chines. I ii this building is a cuttingroom 14x100 feet, 
which is conceded to be the best arrfnged cutting 
room in the state. The following year, they found it 
necessary to add more machines, and in 1892 they 
built a large two-story brick addition 40x50, making 
their building 90x100. Each year has found it neces- 
sary to increase their output until today they employ 
about a hundred operators and have lately added two- 
needle machines of the most improved design, still 
greatly augmenting their capacity. 

From reading the above you will notice that the 
management has been conservative, only increasing 
as the business justified, It is an easv matter to buy 
a large number of machines, but these were only 
bought as necessity demanded. In the summer of 



1895. the manufacture of suspenders was added to 
their line. Mr. C. W. Keel, a gentleman of experience, 
has full charge of this department. This has proven 
a profitable venture and adds much :o their already 
large and growing business. 

The senior partner, Jas. \V. Cox, spends most of 
his time on the road, and has contributed much to the 
success of the venture. IK- makes the largest cities 
in this and adjoining states and by his hard work and 
ability as a salesman has established a trade for their 
goods, such as their competitors envy. 

The policy lias always been to make nothing but 
strictlv first-class goods and to guarantee them t<> tin 
trade. By selling them at a small per cent above the 
actual cost, they have been able to dispose of all they 
could manufacture. 

The management of tin- business at home is left to 
the junior partner, Samuel T. Mosser. Every detail 
of the business comes under bis personal supervision 
and the cost of manufacture is reduced to the mini 
mum. Having bad years of experience in dry goods, 
lie is able to watch the markets and buy judiciously. 
With such a combination, sin. ess comes as a neces 
sity. Their force of traveling man distribute their 
goods in seven states to some of the brightest and 
best merchants to be found in the country. If von 
want to increase \ our sales in work ine. men 's clothing 
and suspenders buy their goods. 



Samuel T. Mosser. 

Samuel T. Mosser was born in Industry, McDon 
ough County, Illinois, November 2, 1861. Hecameto 
Abingdon with his parents in the Spring of 1864. Ik- 
was educated in the public schools of Abingdon and 
Hedding College, graduating from that institution 
with the class of 1884. Immediately alter graduation 
he entered the dry goods store of his father, where he 
had worked for a number of years before. In the 



Spring- of 1885, lie was made junior partner with sole 

management of the business and continued in this 

capacity - for seven 
years, increasing 
the v o 1 u m e of 
trade and conduct- 
ing a profitable 
business. During 
this period, he 
conceived the idea 
of starting an 
overall factory and 
after several 
months of experi- 
menting with pat- 
terns, he secured 
the co-operation of 
Jas. W. McCown 
and Jas. W. Cox 
and the three 
started the Globe 
M a n u f a c t u r i ng 
C o m pan y. The 
fifteen years ex- 
perience in dry 
goods by Mr. Mos- 
ser was no doubt 
a feature in the 
success of the 

enterprise. He was married to Miss Kate Newell, 

February 26, 1887. 



Jas. W. Cox. 

Jas. W. Cox, senior member of the Globe Manu- 
facturing Company was born and reared on the farm, 
where lie remained until he was nineteen years old. 
Hi then entered college as an irregular student, at- 
tending several terms, teaching school during the 
Winter months. Mr. Cox's school teaching extended 




over five years, all the time in the same place, and he 
was engaged another year when he resigned to em- 
bark in the 
clothing busi- 
ness at Albert 
Lea, Minn. Not 
remaining long 
in the clothing 
business, sell- 
ing his interest 
in the business 
to his partner, 
he returned to 
Abingdon, form- 
ing the partner- 
nership of Bell- 
wood & Cox, 
dealers in gen- 
eral merchan- 
dise. This firm 
soon included 
other lines in- 
cidental to a 
general store, 
such as agricul- 
tural imple- 
This firm, by 
its push, integrity and strict business methods, built 
up a large and profitable business, the subject of this 
sketch retiring only - to take hold of a larger and more 
extensive business — one that is not circumscribed by 
territorial limit — that of manufacturing. 

He was soon associated with others in the manu- 
facture of working men's clothing under the firm name 
of the Globe Manufacturing Company as its president. 
His part of the work has been and is that of traveling 
salesman, and during the past eight years not many 
good merchants in the five states where he travels 
but know that the Globe goods are the very best on 
the market. 




ments, buying and selling 



frain, etc 




ABINGDON WAGON COMPANV 




HALL TRAP COMPANY 




ANIMAL TRAP COMPANY. 




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ABINGDON PAVING BRICK AND TILE COMPANY. 




THK KODAK PRESSROOM. 




INTERIOR nl- I II BURRIDGE'S DREG STORE. 




INTERIOR OF H. R. CROUCH it CO.'S. STORE. 




EDMONSON & SON. 




CI.KMENTS & SOX. 




CO. D. ILLIN"I> NATIONAL GUARD. 



Abingdon Wagon Company. 

The Abingdon Wagon Company is comparatively 
a young institution, as regards its location here, but 
it has built up a large and growing patronage. A. B. 
Spies, its controlling spirit, is a wagon maker of long 
experience. In the Spring of 1895, they decided to 
change their location from Clinton, Iowa, and selected 
Abingdon as their future home. They were given a 
bonus of $15,000 by our citizens, work being com- 
menced near the last of April. The plant was put in 
operation the middle of July. 

Our citizens have had no reason to regret their 
move. Their proprietors are all enterprising citizens 
and have done much to build up the city. Their plant 
is an extensive one and gives employment to over 
one hundred men. 

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The Hall Trap Company. 

The Hall Trap Company is the newest of Abing- 
don's manufactories. The trap which has been on 
the market but a few months has had a truly phenom- 
enal growth. It is entirely automatic in its setting, 
and is the neatest trap in existence. Its inventor, 
Mr. G. U. Hall, is a man of great business ability and 
sterling integrity and any business conducted by him 
is sure to meet with unqualified success. Messrs. J. 
W. McCown, J. H. Firebaugh and J. F. Robinson are 
men of long business training and are amply capable 
of achieving the success of their undertaking. The 
Hall Trap Company's factory, near the C, B., & Q. 
Railroad, was completed in the fall of 1897. It is a 
substantial brick building, with steam heat and elec- 
tric light. They are well equipped with steam heat 
and fine machinery. All their machinery is very 
exact in all its details, which accounts for the mar- 
velous neatness and absolute accuracy in their trap. 
The factory gives employment to over thirty men, 
which adds materially to the revenue of our city. 



The Animal Trap Company. 

The Animal Trap Company is not a new institution, 
neither is it an old one in years, but in the amount of 
business it transacts it has no competitor in the 
country. They make the famous "Out o' Sight" 
mouse and rat traps, the Stop Thief Trap in several 
sizes, the "Out o, Sight" Combination Tack Hammer, 
Tack Lifter, Ice and Stove Hook. Their products 
have a world-wide popularity. The Animal Trap 
Company is incorporated under the laws of the State 
of Illinois. They began operations over the store cf 
Robert Long, from whence they moved into the In- 
dian Point town hall and later to the Blair building as 
a third workshop. In the meantime, Mr. F. W. 
Shultz, of Sedalia, Missouri, was engaged as their 
agent and he opened up a branch in St. Louis, sup- 
plying the Southern and Western trade. In Decem- 
ber 1896 they began the erection of their present fac- 
tory which was occupied in January, 1897. The com- 
pany employs about sixty men and boys. 

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The Abingdon Paving Brick and Tile Co. 

The Abingdon Paving Brick snd Tile Company are 
known all over the state where paving is done. The 
shale from which they make their product is not sur- 
passed in all the world. There are great possibilities 
in it for fine pressed brick. It has, however, never 
been used for that purpose, the company confining 
their output to paving brick and tile. Their plant is 
complete and up-to-date. 



Variety Wood-working Shop. 

The senior proprietor of the plant was born in But- 
ler County, Ohio, and left an orphan and with his 
grandfather came to Abingdon in the spring of 1840. 
After the elapse of seven years spent in Ohio, he 




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BI.A1RS VARIKTV WOOD-WORKING ! 

returned to Abingdon, having made liis choice of 
labor to be a mechanic, he labored in that line until 
the war broke out. He enlisted in the 83d Illinois 
Infantry and was with that regiment until it was 
mustered out of service in 1865. Soon after his return 
he settled in Abingdon working at his trade in and 
out of town until 1879, when he built a small shop 



14x20 "and put in some 
foot-power machines and 
started a variety wood- 
working shop. His work 
increased until he added 
a horse-power to run his 
machinery. In the 
fall of 1889 he enlarged 
his shop and put in more 
m ach in e r y and steam 
power. Soon after the 
milling the steam power 
he enlarged his buildings 
again and leased a part 
of it to a firm to start a 
steam laundry, furnish- 
ing them the steam and 
power for their work. 
Thus they worked to- 
gether for some time, but 
on February 21, 1895 the 
entire plant was wiped 
out by fire. He took his 
oldest sou, E. D., as a 
partner. They soon had 
material on the ground 
for another plant and in 
two months they were at 
work again tilling orders 
for work as before, hav- 
ing built the buildings 
and put in the very latest 
hop. machinery in their line, 

which enables them to cope with their competitors in 
this line of business. 

Their output embraces everything in the wood-work- 
ing line. They are able to turn out all work on short 
notice. Both members of the firm are gentlemen and 
capable business men. They are progressive citizens 
and alive to the interests of the town. 



Company D, Illinois National Guard. 

The military company of Abingdon was mustered 
into the state service by Col. Jack Foster, on the 
evening of May 24, 1897, as Company D, Sixth In- 
fantry, Illinois National Guard, assigned to Second 
Batallion, Third Brigade. At the election of officers 
on the evening of the muster, the following were 
elected and are the present officers of the company : 
Captain F. W. Latimer; 
First Lieutenant, F. R. 
Trevor; Second Lieutenant. 
L. T. Reagor. Non-com- 
missioned officers: Sar- 
geants, J. S. Barton, Ed. 
LeFever, Chas. Guy, A. P. 
Wallace and Ed Bellwood; 
Corporals, Pleas Lutz, 
Albert Maginnis, Thomas 
Pittenger. Arthur Whitwam, 
Reed Kays and John Smith; 
Buglers, Chas. E. Smith 
and Frank Purdy. The fol- 
lowing is the roster of the 
privates: 

Win. Armstrong. A. A. Atkins. James 
Bacom. Frank B^com, D. L. Benson. 
Clyde Bradbury, A. B. Beard, Elias 
brent, Arthur Cook, John Cox. Win 
Caldwell. Roy Caldwell. Chas. Dick- 
erson, C. M. Kdmundsou, C. V. Earle. 
L. T. Earle. W. F. Edwards, W. It 
Evitts. John Famulener, Fred Fisher, 
Arthur Fisher. Wilbur George, P. I.. Gibson, Arthur Goddard. John 
Howard. Edgar Holmes, Milton Johnson. Carl Jungstrum, Ed Ken- 
nedy, Al Kennedy, Dan Kennedy, Ed Lomax, Wm. Lomax. H. K. 
Melyin. Anthony Morillo, Wm. Norris, J. W. O'Nan, Myron Robb. L. 
H. Cobertson, A. Scott, Win. Shoop, Joe Shipplett, Howard Smith. 
Henry Spies, Fred Spinden, Max Stromlow. Ira Swartz. Tames 
Wasson, Harry Weston, Arthur Wright, Lee Wilmuth, Chas. Vice and 
Harry Frew. - 

The Army building, situated near the C B. & Q. 
depot, is admirably suited for a drill hall. Here the 
members of the militia have entertainments. 



The Abingdon Kodak. 




EXTERIOR BLAIR'S VARIETY WOOD- WORKING SHOP 



The Abingdon Kodak was established July 1, 1897, 
by Jesse C. Shoop. The paper is a six-column 
quarto, and is one of the neatest printed papers in the 
state. The Kodak has made it possible to publish a 
paper for one dollar a year, and the wise move on the 
part of the publisher has resulted in a wonderful 
growth in circulation. Mr. Shoop was born in Aurora, 

Illinois, and came to Abing 
don when he was a child, 
and, with the exception of 
ten years spent in St. Louis, 
St. Joseph and Peoria, has 
lived in Abingdon all his 
life. The job department of 
the Kodak is under the 
management of the Shoop- 
Scott Press. Mr. O. L. 
Scott, the junior partner, 
has been connected with 
various printing establish- 
ments in the larger cities, 
and is a first-class printer. 
The material in this depart- 
ment is all new, including 
a Campbell two-revolution 
book and job press, the size 
of which is 37x50 inches. 

Their work is par excel- 
lence and speaks for itself. 



Dr. E. H. Kreis. 

Dr. E. H. Kreis was born in Vermillion County, 
Indiana. He lived on a farm and received his pre- 
liminary education in the public schools of that 
county. In the year of 1888, he moved to Homer, 
Champaign Count}-, Illinois, and shortly afterward 
took up the study of dentistrv with Dr. F. M. Conkey 



of that place. He 
was a particularly apt 
student. He entered 
the University of In- 
dianapolis in 1893, 
graduating in the de- 
partment of I (entistry 
and Dental Surgery. 
Graduating in 1896, 
he came to Abingdon 
and went into part- 
nership with Doctor 
Nicholls. lie later 
bought that gentle- 
man out, and contin- 
ued the busine s s 
alone. lie has a 
large and growing 
practice. II is work 
gives good satisfac- 
tion. His office is 
• legantly appointed. 
< mice in Main. Bur- 
naugh & Rouse block. 




Dr. E. II Kries 



Dr. Slagle 



Was bornin 1870. He lived on a farm until 12 years 
old. Moved to ' Iregon, 111. , and graduated from High 
School in 1888. He si ent one year in Carthage Col- 
lege. Was offered a position with Alexander II. 
Revell & Co., Chicago. Entered Rockford Business 
College to prepare. Graduated after a seven months' 
course, and si\ months later graduated from Stein- 
mann's Institute of Shortland, Dixon, 111. Then en- 
tered upon bis duties, and being advanced to position 
of assistant cashier. This position he held for two 
years. Decided to entei professional life and took up 
work in the Medical and Dental Departments of the 



University of Michigan, graduating in the class of 
'96. Spent summers in Chicago College of Dental 
Surgery. Located permantly in Abingdon the follov 

in<j fall. 

W. H. Heller. 

One of the oldest 
residents of Abingdon 
is Dr. \V. 1.1. Heller. 
He was born at Ash- 
land. Richland Coun 
ty. Ohio, May 11, 1823, 
and came to Cuba, 
Fulton County, lib 
nois, in 1835. He first 
began life as a country 

School teacher, at the 

early age of fifteen. 

and at se\ < nteen com 

nienced the study oi 

medicine under Doctor 

William X. Cline, of 

Cuba, HI. He entered 

upon practice at Cuba, 

but in a short time af- ch 

terw aid in June, 1846, 

removed to Abingdon, where he has since resided. 

He is a graduate of Rush Medical College, Chicago. 

With perhaps one exception, John E. Chesney, he 

has been engaged in active business longer than any 

other citizen oi Abingdon. At times he has also been 

in the drug business, and in farming and in raising 

of thoroughbred stock. Two of his sous. Joseph M. 
Heller and John I,. Heller, are now practicing physi 
cians in Kansas. Without much doubt he is the old- 
est practitioner in Knox and adjoining counties, and 
it is quite likely there are few in the State who can 
antidate him, his term of continuous practice reach 
ing almost fifty years. 








Dr. Jesse Rowe 
Dr. J. II. Miller 



Dr. W. II Heller Dr K C. Bradwaj 

Dr F.C.Dickinson Dr. A. M Earel 



A. M. Earel, M. D. 



Dr. A. M. Earel was born near Abingdon. He was 
educated at Gem City Business College, Knox College 
and Hedding College, and after three years of study 
was graduated in March, 1891, from Rush Medical 
College, ranking seventh in a class of 210. 

He was associated with Hi. M. Reece for five years, 
three years as a student of medicine and two years at 



the request of Dr. Reece, was engaged with him in 
active practice. Then leaving Abingdon he entered 
at once into a very extensive practice at Monica, 111. 
He successfully passed a rigid examination before the 
State Board of Health of the State of Florida in Jan- 
uary, 1897, and after spending the winter in Florida in 
search of health he returned to Abingdon the latter 
part of April and entered into partnership with Dr. 
F. C. Dickinson. Dr. Earel is not only a graduate in 
the regular school of medicine but is also conversant 
with both the Homeopathic and Eclectic systems of 
medicine. 

F. C. Dickinson, M. D. 

Dr. F. C. Dickinson was born in Abingdon, 111., 
being the oldest son of Prof. J. T. and Mrs. F. C. 
Dickinson, who were so long identified with Hedding 
College. He received his earlier education in Chats- 
worth and Onarga, 111., and completed the high school 
work in Abingdon, then attended Hedding College a 
short time. Afterward took three years of work in 
Iowa Wesleyan University in Mt. Pleasant. Iowa. He 
then took one year's work in the medical department, 
afterward finishing his course in the Chicago Hom- 
eopathic Medical College. In 1893 he located in 
Abingdon. He is now associated with Dr. A. M. 
Earel. The doctor is liberal in his views and strives 
always to surround his work with every advancement 
and improvement in its line. 



J. H. Miller, M. D. 



Dr. J. H. Miller was born in Alexandria, Va., Sept. 
9, 1839. Farming, trading, clerking, and about a year 
spent with the chief engineer of the Rushville branch 
of the C , B. & Q. Railroad occupied his time during 
the period just preceding the war. when he enlisted 
in the 84th Reg't 111. Inft'. In 1865 he began the study 
of medicine as a business with Dr. F. W. Johnson, of 




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Peoria. < ine yeai - pi mi si ol li ctures 
at Michigan University and .1 51 1 ond 
course at the Homoeopathic Medical 
College of Missouri, fitted him for 
graduation in medicinein March 1868. 
Hi- came to Abingdon in 1870. Since 
that <lair he has been constantly on 
duty in this city, practicing only 
Homoeopathy and that with marked 
success. 



Dr. C. F. Bradway. 

Dr. C. F. Bradway, Physician and 
Surgeon, was horn in Salem Co . 
New Jersey, Sept. 28, \^$>. His 
medical education was obtained in the 
Medical College of Indiana, graduat- 
ing in L882. He has practiced mi di 
cine in Fairmount, 111., Richmond, 
Iinl., London Mills, 111., and Vbing- 
don. He is .1 member of the Military 
fract Medical Association, is lecturer 
on Physiology and Hygiene in Hed- 
ding College. He is citj physii ian 
II«- is a Mason, is a member of the 
I. O O. ]■'., K. P., and others. Dr. 
Bradway is a progressive citizen and 
always alive to the interests of the 
town. His office is located in the 
office thai Iii, Reece occupied. 

Jesse Rowe, M. D. 

Jesse Rowa- was born in A\ on, 111.. 
I 1 bruary 21, 1870. He is a graduate 
of North Abingdon School, 111m,, in 
College Pharmacy dept., Northwest 
ern University and Rush Mi 
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E. H. Burridge. 



E. H. Burridge was born near Decatur, Mich., March 
25, 1856. He resided on a farm a short time, then came 
to Illinois locating- at Geneseo. While here he received 
a high school education. In 1877 he graduated from 
Bennet Medical College. He came to Abingdon in 
1890 and has continued in business ever since. In ad- 
dition to his drug department, he carries a line of 
books, novelties, etc. 



are well fitted for their work, having worked in quite 
a number of our larger cities. They are up-to-date in 
all the styles and the stock they keep is all the latest. 
Although they have been here but a short time, they 
have gained, through their honest methods and court- 
esy, the largest share of the city's trade. 



The Enterprise-Herald. 




Cecil Burridge. E. W. Gladhill. 

E. H. Burridge. 

E. W. Gladhill, his able assistant, 
was born in Erie, 111., in 1861. He 
was educated there. He has been in 
the employ of E. H. Burridge for a 
considerable time. 

Cecil Francis Burridge was bcrn 
August 9, 1880. He graduted with 
highest honors in 1895, from the 
North Abingdon High School. 



Babbitt Sisters. 




The firm of Babbitt Sisters embarked in business in 
Abingdon on New Year's day 1895. These young ladies 



BABBITT SISTERS' MI I.I.INKK v STORE 

The Abingdon Enterprise was established in 1880 
by J. C. Cromer. At different times it has been owned 
by J. N. Reed & K. E. Pendarvis, and C. A. Murdoch. 
y\. A. Cleveland bought it in 1894 and consolidated 



with The Herald, which paper had been started in 1892 
by E. M. Killough. In 189S Mr. Killough purchased 
Mr. Cleveland's half interest. During 189S a substan- 
tial brick building was erected on Meek street, where 
the paper is now printed. The Enterprise-Herald is 



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Geo. W. Cline. 

George W. Cline was born Octobei l2,1863,ona farm 
in Warren county, 111. lie was educated in the coun- 
try schools and afterward attended Abingdon Colli 

He followed farming and stock raising until the Be- 
g inni n g of 



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1895, when 
he purchased 

t h e g rain 

business at 
the I.e. R. 
R. and the 
same year 
erected a 
commodiou s 
and modern 
elevator. By 
his courteous 
and honest 

treatment of 

the farmers 

he built up 
and enjoys a 
large share 

place. 




of the jrrain 



tllongrti 
trade 



at this 



ENTERPRISE-HER w.l> BUILDING 
an S page 6 column paper, and is issued ever} Friday. 
For many years the Enterprise was a radical republi- 
can paper, but under the present management is in- 
pendent in politics. The paper enjoys a largecircula 
tion and an extensive patronage in its job department. 



Clements & Son. 

Mr. J. A. Clements was born April 18, 
1845. He enlisted in Co. F. 79 Indiana 

Volunteer Infantry. In February, 1895 he 
went into the grocerj business in Abingdon, 

Uberi R. Clements was bom August 11, 1867. He 

was educated in the public schools and later attended 
Gem City business College. 

Clements & Sou control a large share ofAbingdon's 
grocery business. T]u\ carrj a complete line of gro- 
ceries and queensv are. 



H. R. Crouch & Co. 



Mr. II. K. Crouch was born in Geneseo, 111., July 25, 
1862. He was educated in the public school of that 
city and took a course in Elliot's Business College 




NELSON'S MEAT MARKET. 

He came to Abingdon in 1888, clerking for L. E. Gar- 
vin oc 0>.. whose store he purchased in 1895. 

D. Wilbur Cnmch. his able clerk, was born in 1866. 
He attended Elliot's Business College and later taught 
school. He came to Abingdon in 1892. 

The firm of Crouch & Co. keep an up-to date line of 
dry goods, shoes, and gents' furnishings. 



Edmonson & Son. 

Charles B. Edmonson was born in 1844. In 1861 he 
enlisted in Co. A, 47 Illinois infantry. lie came to 
Abingdon in 1S92 and went into the clothing business 
with A. Spear. He bought out Mr. 
Spear and formed a partnership with A. 
L. Walker in 1893. 

Mr. W. F. Edmonson was born in 1869. 
March 20, 1896 he bought out the inter- 
est of C. L Walker and the new firm 
took the name of Edmonson & Son. 
Their store room is a commodious and 
well lighted one. 



George B. Nelson. 

George B. Xelsonisone of our young- 
est business men and one of the most 
sucsessful. He conductsthe South end 
meat market in such a manner as has 
won for him a large patronage. Cour' 
esv and strict attention to business has 
gained him favor with our people. C. 
L. Bartlett is his obliging clerk. 



James M. Bowton. 

James M. Bowton was born in 1859. 
He attended the country schools and 
later entered Abingdon College. He 
purchased the livery barn he now owns 
He is very popular with all whohe comes 



and controls 
in contact with. 



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F. L. Torrance. 

F. L. Torrance was born in 1869, in Warren county. 



In 1SS7 he moved t<> Abingdon, his father embarking 
in tlit- lumber business here. In 1890 his father was 
killed. Frank discontined the business and took a 
business course. In 1894 he again entered into the 
lumber business. In addition to this he is a partner 
with Mr. Dickson in the manufacture of paper boxes. 
Mr. Torrance possesses an excellent patronage in the 
lumber line, which is largely due to his own energy 
and enterprise. 



F. P. Foltz. 




Mr. F. P. Foltz was born in Franklin County, Pr. 
He was edui at( d in his native countv and sen 
apprenticeship to the carpenter trade. He was 
married to Malinda C. Jacobs, of which union there 
were seven children born. On coming to Abingdon 
they united with the Congregational Church. They 

moved to Kansas but returned in a few \ ears and went 

into the drug and grocery busi 

ness. In 1875 he erected brick 

and tile works on his place and 

conducted them for a number oi 




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1 [e taki live inter- 

est in nil public affairs. He was 
an earnest worker in securing 
the Iowa Central for this town 

and has been a Ulemhel oi its 

■i oi directors. 



Presto. 

One of the notable events of the nineteenth century 
is F. P. Foltz's discovery of Presto. With years of 
experience in compounding medicines he saw the 
necessity of a household remedv forpain. He studied 
and at last his efforts were crowned with success. 
Presto is a medicine for the masses. As a remedy 
for sore throat it has no equal. It is antiseptic, des- 
troying germs. It is quick, positive, and almost mag- 
ical to relieve pain. It justly deserves its suggestive 
name of "Presto." 

First National Bank. 

There is probably no bank in the state, in a town of 
Abingdon's size that transacts as great a volume of 
business as does the First National Bank of Abing- 
don. It has always been judiciously managed and no 
institution anywhere can show a better record. Its 
President is Thos. Newell; J. F. Latimer is Vice-Pres- 
ident; Orion Latimer is Cashier and G. A. Shipplett, 
assistant Cashier. 



J. J. Bradbury. 



James Joshua Bradbury, artist, literateur, and ama- 
teur musician, was born in Knox county. Illinois. 
His Artistic talents began development in early child- 
hood. His merits obtained quick recognition and he 
was made instructor in Art at Abingdon College. 
He is at present instructor of art in Hedding College. 
He has a large collection of paintings. He is an 
excellent portrait painter and his newspaper sketches 
are of a high grade. 

For literarature and music he has a decided pen- 
chant, a number of stories and sketches of his having 
been published. On the stage he has made asuccess- 
fuLdelineator of "Old Man," "eccentric," and 




in Abingdon," and "An Enigma." 



leading parts . 
He was married 
in 1869 to Miss 
Sarah Belle Mc- 
Ki a ney. Mr. 
Bradbury has 
been a Mason 
for several years 
being a member 
of Abingdon 
Lodge No. 185, 
and is also a 
Knights Tem- 
plar belonging 
to Galesburg 
Commandry 
No. 8, Gales- 
burg, Illinois, 
His most 
prominent 
paintings are: 
"Old Stables at 
Sunset." "Aut- 
umn, " " Close 
of a Wind y 
Day," "Winter 



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Meadow Farm Herd of Short-Horn Cattle. 

During the early "Eighties" Abingdon had a nat- 
ional reputation as a fine stock center. Dawdy&Son 
were prominent breeders, their herd having been pur- 
chased in 1874. During the cattle depression that 
soon followed they obtained the pick of the best cat- 
tle in America. Their herd now is unequalled, it num- 
bering over 70 head, among whom are the famous 
Secret, Jessie C, Rose of Sharon, etc. Visitors are 
always welcome at their farm. 



Joseph Latimer. 



Joseph J. Latimer was born at Abingdon, in 1840. 
He is a graduate of Knox College. In 1864 he enlisted 
in the 1:57 Illinois Infantry as Second Lieutenant. On 
returning home he was chosen principal of Cherry 
drove Seminary- He later occupied a professorship 
in Lincoln University. He served two terms in the 
House of Representatives. Mr. Latimer has been 
Mayor of Abingdon and is a prominent worker in 
Republican circles. He is now associated with Dr. 
Miller in the raising of line Jersey cattle, their herd 
invariably taking first prizes wherever exhibited. Mr. 
Latimer's residence is one of Abingdon's finest. 

Mr. Latimer is an enterpiising citizen and is uni- 
versally popular. 



Henry Frey. 

Hon. Henry Frey was 
born in Switzerland in 1836 





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and came to America whin In was seven ye ars old, 
his parents settling in Indiana. His parents died 
early and he was thrown on his own resources. In 
1857 he came to Abingdon and started a boot and shoe 
Store. His business record was a remarkable one, 
He was mayor for four years, alderman for two years, 
city treasurer for two and school director for nine. 
Mr. Frey is very liberal in politics as well as in i< 
ion. His creed embraces everything that makes a 
man better or more of a philanthropist. 

Strawther Givens. 

The subject of this sketch was born near Blooming 
ton, Ind., May 23, 1843. He moved with his parents 
to McDonough county, 111., in 1854, where he received 
a common-school education. He attended Indiana 
State 1 niversity for si\ months and afterward took a 
course in book keeping at Bryan & Stratton's busi- 
ness College. 

He came to Abingdon in ls7n and has been identi- 
fied with its interests ever since. He first embarked 
in the grocery business and later was one of the 
organizers of the first bank in Abingdon. In 
1878he began thebreedingol 
Short-Horn cattle, and was 

very succi ssful. 

I Ie was active in his sup 
port of Abingdon College 
and served as its treasurer 
for many years He is prom 
inent in Democratic circles. 

At Present he conducts a 

Real Estate, Loan and Col- 
lection business. He has 
sold over $L'5ii.0O0 worth of 
P- real estate in the last 

three years. 



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W, B MAIN AND RESIDENCE 



W. B. Main. 



W. II. Main was born in Cooperstown, X. Y., Dec. 
7, 1835. His parents moved to Bainbridge, X. V., in 
1839, where he grew to manhood. In 1857 he came to 
Illinois, locating in Altona. Iu 1861 he enlisted in the 
17th. Illinois Infantry. After 1862 he worked for the 
C. B. &. Q R. R. in the train service, [n 1879 he catne 



to Abingdon and engaged in mercantile business, 
which pursuit he has been closely identified with ever 
since. He has served as mayor and is a member of 
the A F. & A. M. and the Eastern Star and also of 
the M. E. Church. Mr. Main has always been a man 
with the interests of Abingdon close at heart. He 
was the leading factor in bringing the A. 1!. Spies' 
Sons wagon factor}- to this city. 





J. It SMITH AM) RES! I>! '.i I 



J. B. Smith. 



J. B. Smith was born in Juniate county, Pa., in L8S0. 

A few years later be moved with his pan tit-- to |vn\ 
county. Pa., where he remained until the Spring <>t 
of 1869, when he came to Illinois. Soon aftei be tit 
tered the services' of the Great Western Telegraph 
company. In July 1870 he was tendered a position as 
operator by the C. H. & <J. In 1S7S he was transferred 



to Abingdon and given the position of station agent 

which office he now holds. Mr. Smith has the full 

confidence of his employers, lie is an active mem- 
ber of the M. E. Church and is a liberal ^iver to all 
its benevolences. He is a prominent member of Ab- 
ingdon Lodge 185, A. !•'. &. A. M.; i J9 I irder 

I astern Star and M. W. of A.. Camp 14'i. 




LUMBER YARD, RESIDENCE AND CHILD OF FRANK TORRANCE 




I)K. KKKIS' OFFICE. 




A CORNER IN DR. JESSE ROWE'S OFFICE. 




..Victoria of Meadow Farm 3rd. [Vol. ?/J 



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RESIDKXCK OF MRS M. E. TROVILLO. 




RESIDENCE OF mix. HENRY FREV 




RESIDENCE OF s. T MOSSER 




RESIDENCE OF HON J. F, LATIMER. 




RESIDENCE OF CORLISS MOSSER 



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RESIDENCE OF C. B. EDMONSON 




RESIDENCE I "■ S McWIIJ.IAMS. 




KHSIIU \i i mi 5TRAWTHER GIVENS. 




RESIDENCE OF G. W. CLINK. 




ki Mm NC E I 'I n ISE 1'H ROM! 




RESIDENCE OF F. P. FOLTZ. 




RESIDENCE OF DR. W, II. HELLER 




RESIDENCE OF FRED EHRENHART. 



DR. MADISON REECE. 



No man who lias ever lived in Abingdon has com- 
manded more respect and admiration than Dr. Madi 
son Reece. His life was spent in labor among om 
people. Such laborit was. as w ill make a lasting monu- 
ment of love in the 
hearts of the people. 
Such labi >r was it as 
lias made a fitting 
theme for many a 
glorious romam e 
Main- a in a n h a s 
won fame and for- 
tune that has not 
merited it one whit 
more than did Dr. 
.Madison Reece. 
I lis life is rendered 
all the more glorious 
from tin- fact that 
his purposes were 
not mercenery; he 
hi iked not with a 
watchful eye on foi 
tune or fame. He 
was de.oted solely 
to ministering to the 
needs of humanity 
without regard to 
kith or kin. The 
rich received n o 
more consideration 
at his hands than did those in poverty. 

Where he was born and when, arc not what interest 
us: it is the man himself that we admire. It is of the 
personality of the man that we like to hear. Let it he 
suihcient to say that Abingdon is proud to he called 





his birthplace. Here he was raised and 
here it was that he grew to manhood. 
He was surgeon for the 118 Illinois Vol- 
unteer Infantry. Although almost a boy 
in personal appearnee he won the respect 
and admiration of all. He displayed skill 
far in advance of his years. No one could 




ever come in contact with him 
without feeling the subtle refining 
influence of his personality. When 
he left the hospital every man was 
sad; it was as if their guardian an- 
o-el had departed. 
& When the war was over he re- 



"Dr. Reece was ever 
loyal to Abingdon. I 
have seen offers from 




turned to Abingdon and took up the 
practice that he laid down to enter the 
service of his country. This practice he 
continued until his death. We fain 
would dwell on his generosity, his 
loyalty, and his many other virtues, 
but space forbids. Wehaveonly room 
for a few remarks made at his funeral 
by Hon. Henry Frey, at whose house 
Dr. Reece lived for seventeen years. 




large cities, promising 
large salaries, but he 
would not desert Abing- 
don. * * * I never heard 




him speak an unkind word about any 
man, woman or child. As a citizen he 
had his honest convictions of what he 
thought was right, and while he was 
firm in those convictions, he was liberal 
to others. * * * He was down on all dis- 



honesty, whether religious, 

political or financial. * * * * 
As a physician he would at- 
tend the poor as well as the 
rich. I have known him to 
go four or Cwq miles into the 
country in all kinds of 
weather where he knew he 
would never .yet a cent. **** 
Dr. Recce was not afraid of 
death. No man need be 
afraid of death that will give 
his last dollar to a needy 
one or who will amputate a 
man's limb free and then 
give him twenty-five dollars 
with which to purchase an 
artificial one." These few 
remarks, made beside his 
coffin, bv one who probably 
knew him better than any 
other living man, give an in- 
sight into the true character 
of the man. Pages and 
pages might be written and 
the memories of Dr. Reeee 
still not h ave ju s t ie e . 
However, he requires no eu- 
logy; his life was a constant 
glory. 

i lut there in the cemetry 
he lies, but his memory re- 
mains as a precious heritage, 
A mail can do no bettertlian 
emulate his life, it being as 
it wa s, a n unsurpassed < \ 
ample of the blending- of 
love, charity, loyalty, kind- 
ness, and magnificent men- 
tality. 



His personality was such as would 
inspire the poet to well write on his 
grave stone the words : 

'This was a .Man, ' 




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